A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rife Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.7 4.5 9.9 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences2013 3 1 0 0 3
Number of authors15 10 3 1 1

Occurrences of rife in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Toun Whaur the reek o fush is rife. on page 11

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n the aft-expressit opeenion, rife in the twistit rantins o the on page 77

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
is nae that common. Crime wis rife an no jist aroun the docks. I on page 104

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ir puir Scottish fowk hus run rife on page 141

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
We're rife for unkent fear that we micht on page 33

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
hoo life was rife in but an ben, on page 53

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cuttie texts. Plagiarism wis rife amang the furthsetters o sicl on page 15

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hill. Deiths in that wey war rife on ferms in thae days. But we
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
Nae doot oor society is still rife wi linguistic ignorance, snob
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@Chazzbat tweeted
in western society. Racism is rife, but we refuse tae acknowledg(2020) search twitter
be packed yet. COVID is still rife, so it's a huge gamble. Stey (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
over the place - the covids rife likes (2020) twitter link
n musselburgh as the covvy is rife - av jist seen the high stre (2020) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the gossip wis rife. Een thay didna ken ocht whit
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
onythin else - they'll aw be rife wi Covid. https://t.co/osC1ry(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ce of the CMO - hypocrisy is rife (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Eilsewharniss wis rife afore Ga: on page 12

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Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
-day leevin. As a pairt o oor rife cultùral heirskip, the'r wee on page 11
¯ft". A compluthert an newins-rife oncum tae graithin a guid ken on page 37
4.29 A newins-rife oncum til tha fordèrin o Uls on page 40

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